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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Marcus Briody Cole
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Aurora Simone Stone
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SPOILER!!: Katherine Quote:
Originally Posted by loonylenny  Katherine was ready to party. She had bought a rather expensive dress, borrowed her mother's gold earrings and picked out the most dazzling pair of heels to go with her outfit. In other words, the twenty-three year old was overdressed. Overdressed and overexcited. In her defense, she had been anticipating Orientation Day since she first got the approval letter. So, her excitement was justified.
Heels click-clacking against the spotless floor, Kat made her way over to the queue and waited for her turn. She couldn't help but smile at the people in the line - they could be her colleagues! And maybe even future friends. Time passed by quick and soon it was her turn. With a slight nod of her head at the security office, the girl jotted down her name and department in a clean, cursive handwriting.
She handed over the clipboard and pulled out her wand from a gold clutch. " Here you go, sir." She presented him the wand somewhat hesitantly. Oh, come on, now. " 12 inches, Birch, Abraxan feather." There you go. She flashed him a friendly smile before giving that thingy a once-over. " If you don't mind me asking, what do you call that thingamajig?" Stupid question? Probably.
In a quick glance between witches and wizards, Simon had allowed his gaze to wander out to the other areas, his curious and observant eyes seeing those he had already checked in. Looking back directly in front of him he spotted his next customer and noticed her dress first of all. Definantly first day...and just a little over the top. Not that he was going to say anything.
That was not his job.
His job was to simply weigh the wands and check them against the gathered information. "Thank you," Simon said accepting the offered wand. He nodded as the young woman told him about her wand, placing said wand through the machine to check it out. "A wand-weigher," he answered though honestly to him a weird name since it wasn't really weighing much. "Here you are though...all checked."
Another wand safely returned to owner.
SPOILER!!: Manolo Quote:
Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black Manolo slapped himself mentally. He forgot the core. He was more nervous than he thought. "Sorry sir, it's a dragon heartstring core."
"No trouble," Simon assured him. "I simply had to make sure everything was as it should be." The YATI then removed the wand from machine, holding it out for the young man to take. "There you go. Have a good day."
SPOILER!!: Cade Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin "Poor thing. I still owe you and your compatriots lunch. Don't let me forget," Cade took her wand back and tucked it away into its holster before giving the young man a bright smile.
And now it was time to move out of the way. Perhaps she'd catch up with Simon later. "Good luck. Try to stay out of trouble," she offered before moving past the check point.
At least the woman didn't think it the task was warranted on his behalf. Whatever bossman's reasonings were. Not he could have really protested it. He did however raise an eyebrow at the division head's words. Simon had honestly forgotten about the prize the Auror office had gained during the training. Perhaps it would be a nice outing once the hullaballuo of the reopened Ministry died down.
"Thank you," he replied with a nod. "I'll try not to," he added fighting back the urge to let out a chuckle. It would be a change in pace though.
"Next..."
SPOILER!!: Saul Quote:
Originally Posted by MyPatronusIsaMoose Saul took his wand back from the guy holstered it and looked away from him scratching the back of his head. " Yeah, uh thank I guess you too. Hey uh-can I leave that here, or something?" Saul moved his gaze over to his trashed Unicycle."It'll be a lot of trouble lugging it around all day."Talking to people was so much simpler when he didn't have to look at them.
"I'll come back and grab it before I head out." That was to much of a request was it? He sure hoped it wasn't.
He wanted to leave the unicycle there? Um...well there was no point in him carrying it around the orientation, especially broken. "I...supposed you can," Simon answered after a few moments paused. Hopefully no one would have a problem with it. "Just don't forget it," he added holding out his hands to take it so he could put it behind the desk and out of reach of people able to trip over the mangled object.
SPOILER!!: Amy Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone SIGH.
With a slightly paler face than usual, Amy walked up to the back of the line and stood there, waiting. Frankly, she didn't feel too great. She had thrown up most of her dinner earlier on and she kept on finding her mouth filled with a little too much saliva.
Maybe this is what happens when you go through a short period of heartbreak.
UGH. Yes. She just hadn't had a proper kiss in so long. That was it. But, there were a lot of other girls who went through heartbreak and, well, they weren't affected. So why did she have to be the one to be affected in such a horrible manner? Sweet Merlin, she was beautiful, not some sort of horrible goblin. She did not deserve this.
The queue moved forwards and Amy took a couple of tentative steps forward. No, she wasn't sick. Okay. Perfect. If she was sick she wouldn't be able to flip her hair or flirt with some hunky guys so... she refused to be sick. Right, and this was a meet and greet and some part of her, the side that was an angel in disguise, just knew that she had to meet some new people, men and women.
Once she reached the clipboards, the brunette took the quill up in her hands and started scribbling her name and department down. It wasn't a lot of information that she had to note down but, for some reason, she found her face relaxing a little too much and a glazed expression crossed her face.
...
And then, a couple of seconds later, the woman jumped slightly, her eyes widening in shock. What had just happened?! And why had that just happened? See, she wasn't flirting or staring into the depths of a beautiful man's eyes so there had to be some sort of weird explanation for all this. Amy looked down at the clipboard. Oh... all filled out. Had she really done that? Shrugging, she set the quill down. 'Least it was done now.
Amy looked up at the man and smirked. "Why hello there!" Not too bad looking, Mister. The woman, gladly, handed the man her wand. "There you go! It's 11 3/4 inches, chestnut with a dragon heartstring core."
A girl who appeared around his age was next in the queue, approaching the desk when it was her turn. She seemed to jump however in shock after signing in and Simon couldn't help wondering if something was wrong. "Are you okay miss?" he asked a touch concerned and as well as alert to what might happen.
The next minute she was smirking at him oddly and saying hello. "Um...hello." Okay Simon, relax, he berated himself and moved to handle her and her wand. He nodded his thanks as he accepted the offered wand and ran it through his wand-checker. "Right...all set," he said handing it back to her.
SPOILER!!: Tyler Quote:
Originally Posted by MagicalWorld Tyler walked upto the counter on his first day at the Ministry, he couldn't wait to get started and getting into the job that he had been assigned to. But first he needed to let them know he was here, that was just good manners so that they knew he was on duty to work now.
"Hello, here for my first day at the Ministry" he said handing over his wand as he had seen many others do before him "12 and half inches Willow, with a core of Phoenix feather. Also sturdy" he said providing information about his wand as he looked around at the check point area before looking back at the person serving him. Soon he would be through and on his way to his department although he had heard there was a meeting area where he would be able to meet people from other departments as well as his own.
First impressions and appearances could sometimes be misleading. Such as someone believing an older man was a returning employee to the Ministry rather then a new one. However it was good that Simon hadn't made that assumption for the man's first words spoke of him just joining the ranks. "Well then welcome," he greeted as he took the offered wand from him. Putting it through, he watched the results come back, once more matching up quite smoothly.
"And you passed your first test," he replied in half-jest returning the polished wand. "Have a good day."
SPOILER!!: Evelyn Quote:
Originally Posted by Roselyn "Oh, lucky you then." she chuckled quietly, putting the quill back down and standing up straight. The dreaded wandweighing part. Although, it was Simon. That took a lot less nerves out of her system to know that but it still itched under her skin at the thought of fingerprints. Taking her wand out from the wrist holster, she looked up to him, eyebrows raised from his question.
Only one eyebrow lowered as a smirk appeared on her lips. "Not trying to make the slip are you?" she asked, handing her 10 ⅓ inch stained ash wood with a basilisk fang core wand over to him. "Though really, I have no idea. He may or may not. I don't even know why I'm here."
"Funny..." Simon mused in half tease. No one said he had to be strict in his duties. He waited for her to offer her wand, not about to ask for it seeing as she was another he quite trusted. However she seemed as if hesitant about being so. "Ev...?" he questioned quietly before she finally handed it over, running the test while she answered his original question about Josh.
"No...though Josh was hinted as my possible relief and I'd rather not stay right here all day." Even patroling you had some movement unless it was an absolute stake-out but even then you switched up. "To see me of course..." he said to lighten the tension. "Your wand description?"
SPOILER!!: Kyle Quote:
Originally Posted by McFeisty Kyleigh made her way into the orientation area. She walked slowly - she was just glad she had stopped drooling for now at least - and she looked more normal, more like herself than she had in weeks. Her skin was slightly pale though - especially for herself.
She glanced up and squeaked as she saw who it was that was weighing the wands. Brilliant. He'd probably be afraid she'd eat his brain but that was her own fault. Taking her wand out she got ready to hand it over to Simon.
Taking a piece of paper she wrote down her nametag.
Simon absently looked over at the sign in sheet to see who might be his next customer only to see two familar names though not exactly expecting them together much. Kyle...Tanner?! She had switched it over? Looking back up in front of him the YATI came face to face with his friend and ex. He froze unsure of what to say or do given their last real interaction though he had to admit she certainly looked better this time around.
"Um...hey," he finally said, things being a little strange between them.
Great job, Bennett...real nice.
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